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GAF's own Albert Penello who leads planning for Xbox answered a few questions on TiC Podcast the other day, here is the link to listen

A few snippets of information regarding Scorpio, whats to come, and some other things. There might be some stuff you already know and some stuff you don't so:

Microsoft's own goal of Scorpio's 'uncompromised 4k' means allowing for the same framerate, enemies on screen, assets etc. of an XB1 game to be taken into native 4K by developers (dont stop reading here)

HOWEVER there is absolutely no mandate on how developers can use this power, they can upgrade framerates, resolutions, assets however they like. Native 4K isn't an absolute necessity, its an optional guideline.

This means theyre striving so that if a game was originally performing at 60fps it can run at 4K 60fps if the devs choose that, Uncompromised 4K means Scorpio is 4K 60fps capable

Microsoft persistently working with devs to make sure Scorpio development is easy

No worries about Xbox One S being announced and launched at this point because the product was "Rad"

MS wants consumers to have a choice between base model Xbox or go premium with Scorpio, all Xbox games and accessories will work across this family though should a consumer want to upgrade.

Microsoft seeing the future of Xbox like a PC, game's dont have to be abandoned at all, any of the hard stops will be removed

Each Xbox from now on will be a natural extension of the last one without disrupting progress made in the gaming industry, a big "family" from now on

Play Anywhere is an effort to create an ecosystem of both Xbox and PC gamers, to allow gamers to use all the devices they own, to stay in touch across them.

Play Anywhere allows for bigger userbase and added revenue will go towards creating and supporting new IP's at Microsoft, however theres still "plenty of work to do"

Xbox team feeling very optimistic

Strict ethic that Scorpio couldn't be a half-step, has to hit the right milestone at the right time and be the most technically accomplished console possible

No concern at Microsoft that gamers will suddenly jump to PC, people will play where they want to play. In most cases people use party chat just to talk to friends, this has been brought into connect XB1 and W10 players.

No plans to phase out Xbox One, such a topic is for the "very very far away future"

No faceplates for Scorpio ((((, its over (more of an inside joke with the hosts)

Albert got his big breakthrough in the industry by ramming into the car of a Sega employee (turns out it was an old college roommate)

This is what I've wanted to see from MS and (part of) what they need to do to broaden the Xbox brand's appeal generally and, in particular, worldwide. Hopefully they deliver. The proof will be in the pudding, and they've got much work to do as their recent investment in new IP has been pretty conservative and dotted with some studio closures. I also hope that part of 'new' IP investment includes revitalizing old IPs (PD, Banjo, Flight Simulator, AoE, etc.)

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Microsoft persistently working with devs to make sure Scorpio development is easy

Each Xbox from now on will be a natural extension of the last one without disrupting progress made in the gaming industry, a big "family" from now on

Xbox team feeling very optimistic

No concern at Microsoft that gamers will suddenly jump to PC, people will play where they want to play. In most cases people use party chat just to talk to friends, this has been brought into connect XB1 and W10 players.

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Do they ask software related questions or just hardware? Information about their library is all I care about. TIC managed to get out a lot from prople like Ken Lobb and Phil Spencer. But then again almost everything they said in that regard turned out to be bollocks, or vague answers, so why do I even care.

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This is all sounding great. If by "plenty of work to do" he means making UWP a hell of a lot less shit, then I'm interested and excited to see how Microsoft pull this off. Also good to hear that expanding the userbase could lead to new IP's being developed.

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Slowly but surely the Xbox division are starting to remember what it was that made the 360 a great console. How half the shit they originally planned for the OG Xbox One got out of the first brainstorming meeting is mind boggling.

Hopefully we get some concrete info about Scorpio before the end of 2016 or early 2017 at the latest.

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Why don't MS just give us full feature PC box in console form factor? Like give me a reason not to.
It does everything they try to achieve, fix every problem an Xbox ever facing and more!
A unify ecosystem, forward and backward compatible, buy one copy use across all devices (duh), your library follow you forever, VR solution, no more start from zero, tons of biggest exclusives that other console doesn't have, lots of Japanese support, retro gaming, productivity, all the App you ever need, everything, you name it.
Such console will destroy all competitions. Why go through all the trouble and resource when you have the perfect golden goose right in front of you?

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MS wants consumers to have a choice between base model Xbox or go premium with Scorpio, all Xbox games and accessories will work across this family though should a consumer want to upgrade.
Strict ethic that Scorpio couldn't be a half-step, has to hit the right milestone at the right time and be the most technically accomplished console possible

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This is all sounding great. If by "plenty of work to do" he means making UWP a hell of a lot less shit, then I'm interested and excited to see how Microsoft pull this off. Also good to hear that expanding the userbase could lead to new IP's being developed.

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Why don't MS just give us full feature PC box in console form factor? Like give me a reason not to.
It does everything they try to achieve, fix every problem an Xbox ever facing and more!
A unify ecosystem, forward and backward compatible, buy one copy use across all devices (duh), your library follow you forever, VR solution, no more start from zero, tons of biggest exclusives that other console doesn't have, lots of Japanese support, retro gaming, productivity, all the App you ever need, everything, you name it.
Such console will destroy all competitions. Why go through all the trouble and resource when you have the perfect golden goose right in front of you?

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What do you think the devs will do with that power ? Will they prefer 4k or 1080 with better assets fps etc ? I'd personaly like 1080 with the bells and whistle's because i don't fancy buying a 4k tv. I want to know is it worth my while.